The EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2021-2027 defines the key priorities and actions for improving workers’ health and safety in the workplace, providing precise guidelines for employers.
The right to a healthy and safe workplace is reflected in Principle 10 of the EU Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan.
⇒ Conduct a risk assessment for your workplace and, if applicable, other environments in which your employees will perform their duties.
Results are to be included in a Single Occupational Risk Assessment Document (DUERP) from the time of hiring of the 1st employee. This assessment is mandatory for all companies.
The document should record the health and safety risks to which employees may be exposed and respect the general principles of prevention:
9 general principles of preventionGuide to creating the Single Occupational Risk Assessment (DUERP)
Company of less than 50 employees
DUERP-less-than-50-employees.pdf
Company of more than 50 employees
DUERP-50-employees-or-more.pdf
⇒ Following the assessment, employers ought to implement prevention measures, and to adapt work and production processes to guarantee an optimal protection of health and safety.
Proposition of DUERP template by ISAI